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The pursuit of a better future involves questioning the very foundations of our current society, including the forms of technology that uphold it. In today's video essay, we explore Ivan Illich's philosophy and concept of an "overgrowth of tools," and the need to develop new tools of conviviality, transform existing ones, and even discard some altogether.

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Social Revolution: youtu.be/hfJMVb34FCo
The Commons: youtu.be/HG4Y8bgUwQ0
Library Economy: youtu.be/NOYa3YzVtyk

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Introduction - 0:00
Exploring Our Tools - 1:43
The Overgrowth of Tools & Its Consequences - 7:35
Tools For Conviviality - 11:04
Defining A Convivial Society - 15:38
Criticisms - 20:00
Illich's Impact - 23:28
Outro - 26:02

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Sources & Resources:
Convivialism: A Philosophical Manifesto by Raymond D. Boisvert - jstor.org/stable/10.5406/pluralist.5.2.0057
Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich
Innovation without growth: Frameworks for understanding technological change in a post-growth era by Mario Pansera and Mariano Fressoli - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1350508420973631
Tools for degrowth? Ivan Illich's critique of technology revisited - degrowth.info/en/library/tools-for-degrowth-ivan-illich-s-critique-of-technology-revisited
Convivialist Manifesto - gcr21.org/publications/gcr/global-dialogues/convivialist-manifesto-a-declaration-of-interdependence